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17 March 1917 : Cpl Malcolm McNiven Gilchrist

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Malcolm Gilchrist was born 22 July 1890, Eastfield, Rutherglen, near Glasgow. He was the son of the late Archibald Gilchrist and his wife Catherine (née McNiven) of 1 Whitefield Avenue, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire.  He was educated at Stonelaw School, Rutherglen. Before the First World War he was an architectural draughtsman. He joined, under consc...


24 April 1917 : Pte George Kemp

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George Kemp was born on 30 October 1889 at Drainie, Morayshire. He was the third son of Peter Kemp (a farm manager) and Isabella (née Sellar) and one of five boys and two girls.  George was Police Constable in the Lanarkshire Constabulary before the war.  He enlisted in July 1915 and served in France and Flanders from June 1916. He was acting a...